{"id":641,"date":"2020-11-19T15:54:34","date_gmt":"2020-11-19T15:54:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakthrough-uk.co.uk\/?page_id=641"},"modified":"2020-11-22T17:46:16","modified_gmt":"2020-11-22T17:46:16","slug":"my-personal-experience-of-lockdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakthrough-uk.co.uk\/homepage\/my-personal-experience-of-lockdown\/","title":{"rendered":"My Personal Experience of Lockdown"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"641\" class=\"elementor elementor-641\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-291cf9df elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-eae-slider=\"8859\" data-id=\"291cf9df\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider 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data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>First of all let me say that this blog is based on my own personal experience and that won\u2019t be the same as every other disabled person&#8217;s experience, just as a non-disabled person&#8217;s experience is not the same as another\u2019s.<\/p><p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-644\" src=\"http:\/\/dev.breakthrough-uk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/content-image_my-personal-experience-of-lockdown-300x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/breakthrough-uk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/content-image_my-personal-experience-of-lockdown-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/breakthrough-uk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/content-image_my-personal-experience-of-lockdown-100x100.jpeg 100w, https:\/\/breakthrough-uk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/content-image_my-personal-experience-of-lockdown-600x600.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/breakthrough-uk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/content-image_my-personal-experience-of-lockdown-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/breakthrough-uk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/content-image_my-personal-experience-of-lockdown-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/breakthrough-uk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/content-image_my-personal-experience-of-lockdown.jpeg 852w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p><p>\u00a0So of course going to talk about lockdown, because that is all anyone is really talking about at the moment, but I\u2019m going to be taking a little bit of a different perspective. For me, lockdown has been easier than I feel it has been for a lot of people.<\/p><p>First of all, having Personal Assistants to help me on a day-to-day basis &#8211; which has two sides to it obviously &#8211; it\u2019s a source of anxiety because it\u2019s a worry if any of them get ill (I\u2019ve actually been more worried about them getting ill since this started than I have been about myself), but on the more positive side it gives me a regular connection to other people, a sense of routine and they have been absolutely fab at making sure that I have supplies such as food.<\/p><p>The second thing for me is about adapting to new ways of doing things particularly when it comes to using new technology, while I have found some of the new technology challenging, I feel like along with a lot of disabled people I\u2019ve always had to be willing to adapt to the world around me. It\u2019s part of my day-to-day life to identify barriers and figure out how to remove them. In terms of not being able to visit people as a wheelchair user this is nothing new to me, don\u2019t get me wrong I used to go out and about and take part in activities quite a lot and I miss hugs (remember them?!). However, I\u2019m used to connecting to people in the ways that are accessible to me and I\u2019ve been speaking to people on the phone and making video calls at least once a day. If anything I feel more connected to people because a lot of people have the time to stop and chat that they wouldn\u2019t necessarily have had before.<\/p><p>There are a few other things that have been keeping me going and focusing on the positive throughout this:<\/p><ol><li>I\u2019ve always loved reading so that\u2019s one thing because a good book (or audiobook) can really help me escape my surroundings and feel like I&#8217;m somewhere else for a while.<\/li><li>I like to write so I\u2019ve been using a podcast to do a writing exercise most days<\/li><li>I\u2019ve been exploring meditation for about three years now so I try to meditate for at least 10 minutes day.<\/li><li>I use an app to note down at least 3 good things that happen every day (for me that normally includes food that I\u2019ve eaten and people that I\u2019ve spoken to)<\/li><li>The final thing and I never thought I\u2019d be writing this is that I\u2019ve actually started to do some wheelchair based exercise. There are a few good videos of chair based exercise if you want to give it a go.<\/li><\/ol><p>Again this is just my own experience but I hope that talking about what I\u2019m finding useful might have been helpful for you. I also wanted to point out that disabled people might be a source of untapped wisdom. 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